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Survey request - Brompton Cemetery

I have had a request to pass this on

I would be grateful any contribution

http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/brompton-cemetery

CTC London

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cy ... 593978.ece

Driver ‘hysterical’ after knocking over Bradley Wiggins

Bradley Wiggins has been outspoken about the threat to cyclists on the road Reuters


Bradley Wiggins has been outspoken about the threat to cyclists on the road Reuters

The woman who knocked Bradley Wiggins off his bike had hysterics after police told her who the victim was, according to witnesses to the accident.
The Tour de France winner suffered broken ribs and cuts and bruises when a white Vauxhall Astra van collided with his mountain bike as the vehicle pulled out from a garage forecourt at about 6pm yesterday, after dark.
Yasmin Smith, a member of staff at the garage, told ITV’s Daybreak that she was in the back room when she heard a screeching of tyres and a loud bang, and rushed outside to help.
“I came straight outside to see a gentleman sat on the pavement, but I didn’t realise who he was. I just went over to help. The ambulance and the police had been called,” Ms Smith said.
“[The driver] was very upset, even more upset when the police actually said: ‘Do you realise who you’ve hit?’ That really put her back, because obviously she felt bad enough.”
Ms Smith, who said Wiggins’s wife Cath was on the scene within about five minutes, earlier told the Lancashire Evening Post: “By the time I got there he had moved to a safer place but was still on the ground and he was in a lot of pain.
“He said he thought he had broken his ribs and while a lot of police cars arrived it was about 15 minutes before the ambulance got there, by which time he was blue.”
Another witness, truck driver Barry Blacklidge, told The Sun: “I could see a pushbike, like a mountain bike, and the front wheel was all buckled. I went into the garage and asked what was going on. She said: ‘Bradley Wiggins has just been knocked off his bike’.”
The accident happened on the A5209 at Wrightington, not far from Wiggins’s home in Eccleston, near Chorley in Lancashire, as the cyclist was on his way to meet some other riders.
Although he had recently started training for next year’s competitive season, the accident is not expected to keep Wiggins off his bicycle for long, according to his coach, Shane Sutton.
Mr Sutton said: “I spoke to the doctor at the hospital and it’s a suspected fractured or dislocated finger, and possibly a rib or two.
“This month Brad is getting back into basic training. Fortunately, even if he’s done a rib, he’ll be able to do some minor training.”
A spokeswoman for Lancashire Police later confirmed Wiggins had broken several ribs. “The woman [driver] was spoken to by officers at the scene but was not arrested. She is assisting us with our inquiries and officers will speak to her again on Thursday.”
In a statement on its website, Team Sky said: “He is being kept in hospital overnight for observation but the injuries he has sustained are not thought to be serious and he is expected to make a full and speedy recovery.”
The accident nevertheless emphasises the danger to cyclists on the roads, an issue highlighted by The Times in its campaign to make cities safer for cyclists. After winning his gold medal in the time trial event in the London Olympics in the summer, Wiggins was outspoken about the threat to road cyclists.
He said that laws could be passed to help to protect cyclists and suggested that it might be effective policy for the law to insist on riders having to wear helmets.
Wiggins is in the very early stage of winter training and is not expected to compete for three months. However, this period of training is considered crucial to success next summer in events such as the Tour de France.
Athletes such as Wiggins can blow their entire year’s success if they are unable to train for an extended period in the winter beforehand.
Luckily, Wiggins appears not to have sustained any injuries that could derail his search for further success on the roads of Europe next year.
Edmund King, the AA’s president, said: “This collision should act as a reminder to all drivers that we need to be more vigilant, particularly when pulling out of entrances and turning at junctions.
“With autumnal weather and darker evenings it is essential to check and double-check for cyclists, pedestrians and indeed other road users before pulling out. We need to break down the ‘two-tribe’ mentality on the roads and co-exist in harmony.”
The crash comes at the end of a year in which Wiggins had appeared to ride his luck. Road cycling can be a lottery, as Wiggins discovered on the Tour de France in 2011, when he had been hoping to win the race but dropped out after fracturing a collar bone at the end of the first week.
This year’s Tour de France was a particularly dangerous race, with a number of riders being injured in high-speed collisions, but Wiggins managed to come through unscathed.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/20246940

Riding for a Fall
Britain’s cycling infrastructure falls fatally short of our enthusiasm and talent

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/l ... 496303.ece



Last updated at 12:01AM, August 3 2012
On Wednesday, on the same day that Bradley Wiggins, 32, became the most successful British Olympian in history, Dan Harris, 28, died after he was knocked from his bicycle by an Olympic shuttle bus in East London. As a nation cheered, tens of thousands watched Wiggins take a lap of honour at Hampton Court. Hours later, a stone’s throw from the Olympic Park, a young man lay dead on the road.
Wiggins’ victory is an historic one, and should be celebrated on its own merits. The family and friends of Mr Harris, meanwhile, deserve better than to have his death appropriated by campaigners of any stripe. The ludicrous contradictions inherent in the British approach to cycling, even so, could not be more starkly or harrowingly displayed.
The British, increasingly, are bicycle enthusiasts. Some of our greatest sporting heroes have ridden to both victory and household ubiquity on two wheels. British bicycle-makers — such as Brompton, Dawes, Ridgeback and Saracen — rival the best in the world. British enthusiasts and commuters are pedalling across British cities in ever greater, ever more enthusiastic numbers. This is a country crying out for a safe and sensible cycling infrastructure. And yet, too often, it has next to none.
Wiggins is quite right to have noted, when asked, that cyclists have some responsibility for their own safety. Cycling without a helmet is foolish, and cycling while plugged into headphones, as terrifying numbers still do, is something closer to imbecilic. But a debate on such behaviour — and on the linked tendency of some cyclists to flout the rules of the road — only arises because of the dangers posed by too many of Britain’s roads. In Denmark, in the Netherlands, in much of Germany, the precise habits of cyclists are nobody’s priority. They do not need to be.
Eight months ago, Mary Bowers, a reporter for this newspaper, was crushed by a lorry while cycling to work. Having narrowly avoided becoming another London cycling fatality, Miss Bowers is still in a rehabilitation ward and is not fully conscious. Shortly after her accident, The Times launched the Cities Fit for Cycling campaign. Since then, more than 35,000 supporters have signed up. Tens of thousands have joined cycling demonstrations, which The Timeswholeheartedly supports. Cycling has been debated by London mayoral candidates and by MPs in Westminster Hall.
Our manifesto for cycling is ambitious. Cycle safety and the improved awareness of other road users — particularly lorry drivers — are, of course, important, as is a significant reallocation of government transport spending . But The Times is arguing for a comprehensive rethink about how British cities ought to be.
A few daubs of blue paint in the middle of four-lane roads are not enough. Britain must put the bicycle at the centre of urban planning. At present, our road system too often puts cyclist and motorist in direct confrontation. This is frequently a harrowing experience for both, and far too often a fatal one for the former.The Times calculates that Mr Harris is the 61st cyclist to be killed on British roads in 2012.
In expertise as well as sheer participatory enthusiasm, cycling is becoming a major British national sport. It is also a cheap, healthy and enjoyable way of getting around. It must be safe, too

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/c ... 496175.ece

Sorry, Bradley, helmets are not the answer
Christian Wolmar


Published at 12:01AM, August 3 2012
We must focus on making the roads safer for cyclists, not cyclists safer for the roads
Gosh, Bradley, I hate to be on the other side of an argument with you but I have to be. You are rightly seen as a god among us mere pedallers, a supremely dedicated athlete but also the self-deprecating boy next door. We love you, but that doesn’t mean you’re always right.
Bradley Wiggins is right to row back on his apparent call for helmets to be made compulsory for cyclists. It would be a terrible error. The Olympic gold medal-winner’s reaction to the death of a cyclist dragged under an Olympics bus was understandable, but mistaken even in terms of the incident: the victim died from injuries to his abdomen, not his head. To say: “Ultimately, if you get knocked off and don’t have a helmet on, then you can’t argue”, puts the blame in the wrong quarter.
Wiggins is right that cyclists must have some responsibility for their own safety. They should stick to the rules and stay alert at all times. But cars and lorries can be lethal weapons when driven beside vulnerable cyclists by people who don’t always follow the rules or behave sensibly themselves.
Superficially, making cyclists wear helmets seems to make sense. After all, the vital organ enclosed in little more than an eggshell on the top of our necks needs protecting. And no one would try to reverse the laws making it compulsory to wear seatbelts in cars or helmets on motorcycles.
But there are important differences. Cycling is a relatively slow-speed activity and cannot be compared with motorcycling or driving. Of course cyclists should wear helmets if they choose to. But there are two powerful reasons to oppose mandatory helmets.
First, it would reduce considerably the number of cyclists on the roads, as evidence from Western Australia, where helmets have been mandatory for 20 years, shows. Cycle use in Perth rose by 10 per cent a year between 1983 and 1989. But by 1994, two years after the law was introduced, the number of cyclists had fallen by 50 per cent.
Cost and practicality are deterrents, as is style, especially for the young. As Dr Mark Porter, chairman of the BMA Council, has said: “My children refuse to wear helmets. I would prefer them to ride without than not cycle at all as the benefits far outweigh any risks that would be mitigated by a helmet.”
And why not make motorists wear helmets? As 50 per cent of car occupants’ deaths are caused by head injuries, wearing a head band with a hard shell, such as the one designed at Adelaide University, would save many lives. But motorists balk at the idea. When I tweeted it yesterday, Edmund King, of the AA, said it was “a silly idea as drivers have airbags, crumble [sic] zones etc”. But they still die in droves.
Second, cycle helmets may increase accidents because of the well-documented phenomenon of risk compensation. Remarkably, in Western Australia, despite the fall in cycle use after the legislation, hospital admissions of cyclists remained the same. The reason may not be just that cyclists feel less vulnerable and take more risks, but because motorists treat cyclists wearing helmets differently.
In 2006 Dr Ian Walker, a traffic psychologist from the University of Bath, cycled in Salisbury and Bristol recording data from overtaking motorists. They came closer when he wore a helmet because drivers felt he was likely to be more experienced and gave him a wider berth when he wore a blonde wig, pretending to be a woman.
There is a wider point. Making helmets compulsory suggests that cycling is dangerous and needs special equipment and protection. Only when old ladies and pregnant women feel safe cycling in our cities, as they do in the Netherlands and Denmark, will the aim of protecting cyclists have been achieved.
Of course, there are risks in cycling, but that is true of any activity that involves movement. In London there were 16 cycle deaths last year, but as there are around 300,000 cycle trips in the capital every day that represents less than one fatality per six million trips. There have been 13 million journeys on the cycle-hire bikes introduced in London two years ago with no fatalities and very few injuries.
Crucially, wearing helmets does not reduce the likelihood of accidents. That’s where the focus should be. Risks to cyclists can be reduced through appropriate road infrastructure, slowing traffic, creating cycle lanes and making it easier for cyclists to choose safer routes.
So, Bradley, it would be better to focus on making the streets safer for cyclists, rather than cyclists safer for the streets. The junction where the cyclist died on Wednesday evening is a prime example. It is a notorious blackspot, where two main roads meet and where “improvements” for cyclists before the Olympics involved creating a useless shared-use pavement that most cyclists ignore as it is not safer or practical.
Talking about cycle helmets and banning cyclists from listening to their iPods concentrates on the victims, not the guilty parties, who include not just bad drivers but politicians who refuse to acknowledge that cyclists deserve their place on the roads.

Christian Wolmar is a member of the board of the London Cycling Campaign

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The Royal Parks – London - Road Closures

Central London cyclists will have noted that some of the Royal Parks have closed their road to all vehicles, this in preparation for Diamond Jubilee and late these will be extended for the Olympics 2012.

Representation has been made by CTC London but much of the problem is out of the hands of the Royal Parks.

THE FUTURE

In the future it is hope any disruption to routes used by cyclists caused by projects undertaken in the Royal Parks that may involve the closure of roads/paths can be ameliorated by preventive consultation between the Royal Parks and CTC London/LCC local group.

DETAILS OF ROYAL PARKS ROAD CLOSURES

http://www.royalparks.org.uk/home/news/ ... nd-jubilee


CONDITION IN THE ROYAL PARKS FOR CYCLING

CTC London and LCC Local Groups work with the Royal Parks to improve condition for both commuting and leisure cycling. Many of the Royal Parks staff is cyclists and many of them have been trained by me.

It is recognized by the cyclist groups that many of the paths used by cyclist are under capacity that we work with the Royal Parks to find solutions but the Royal Parks have to work in an environment where some influential residents’ oppose cycling provision.


Hyde Park - http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/hyde-park

From Alexandra Gate to Hyde Park Corner, along Rotten Row; from Hyde Park Corner along Serpentine Road; from Victoria Gate along North Carriage Drive towards Speakers' Corner and along the Broad Walk.

Kensington Gardens - http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/kensington-gardens

The Broad Walk and Palace Walk and Mount Walk.

The Green Park - http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/green-park

Constitution Hill. - http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/green-park

St James's Park - http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/st-jamess-park

North Horse Ride parallel to The Mall - http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/st-jamess-park

Richmond Park - http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/richmond-park

The Thames Cycle Route across the Park from Ham Gate to Roehampton Gate; the Tamsin Trail, a 12 kilometre popular leisure path around the perimeter of the Park (shared by walkers and cyclists). Maps are available from the Park office.

Bushy Park - http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/bushy-park

All roads linking Hampton Hill, Hampton Court and Hampton Wick.

Greenwich Park - http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/green-park

Blackheath Avenue, The Avenue and Great Cross Avenue.

It is hope in the 2013 the Bowers Avenue /Great Cross Avenue will be open up to cycling.

The Regent's Park - http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/the-regents-park

The Broad Walk - northern section only between Chester Road and Outer Circle.

Cycle racks can be found in 15 locations across The Regent's Park.

FUTURE PLANS FOR CYCLING IN THE ROYAL PARKS

http://www.royalparks.org.uk/about-us/c ... oyal-parks


CYCLISTS CONDUCT IN THE ROYAL PARKS

http://www.royalparks.org.uk/about/cycling.cfm

As an almost daily use of the Royal Parks in central London and occasional user elsewhere I am disappointed by the behaviours of my fellow cyclists.

It seems to me that many of these fast cyclists (both male and female) are pseudo racers; I have come across this type on the canal they will not slow down. I would welcome my fellow responsidable cyclist to show consideration to fellow park users.

THE PATHWAY CODE OF CONDUCT: CONSIDERATE CYCLING

http://www.royalparks.org.uk/about-us/c ... te-cycling

Hyde Park
When I am in hurry going east to west against the flow in Hyde Park I use the South Carriage Drive this prevent me from dealing with large number of cyclist riding along Rotten Row. When I am not in hurry I go along Rotten Row at none rush hour times some time with a friend. I am disappointed when some cyclist coming in opposite direction ride directly at me, Rotten Row is not design for fast cycling I suggest if you want ride fast go along South Carriage Drive.

Broad Walk

Yes I know many walkers go into the cycle lane in the very wide broad walk but please slow down and try not to intimidate the walkers.

Kensington Gardens

Many cyclist ride too fast along the west to east route when there are many walkers about this is poor public relations for cyclists.

Any comments would be welcomed

Philip Benstead
CTC London Representative
Royal Parks Cycling Development Group
Royal Parks Cycling Programme Group

philipbenstead1@gmail.com


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Bendo wrote:

Goldie wrote:My Aerospace Pro is up on the workstand at the moment. When I spin the back wheel on the stand and let it revolve with the the freewheel block stationary, the freewheel block oscillates. Does this sound like a bent axle? And if so, does anyone have a replacement hollow axle (or a reccomendation as to where I can pick up one new)?

My Sport did the same thing when it came back from its resto, and that was with a NOS Dura Ace cluster. Like Busaste I've found all my bikes' freewheel blocks do that: Dura Ace and 600, Suntour Perfect and Winner Pro Compe. I guess it's just a tolerance issue— that it would take too high a tolerance to manufacture that out of a freewheel.

b

It is my understanding that when the first Campag freewheels were manufactured the tolerance were so tight that on a long decent the freewheel seized up, hence a bit of float is a good thing.

I have ridden all types of pedals, for many years I used full toe clip with and straps http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/26097977 ... adtype=pla

I then progressed to clipless on fixed wheel later gears.

http://www.amazon.com/Wellgo-WPD-823-MT ... B002ATLROC

Then I took up cycle training and found clipless inconvenient for standing around walk about for long periods.

I then used metal pedals with out clips , I found these dangerous when climbing so adopted half toe clips which permits you push hard without foot slip but permitted you to remove you foot with being hinder by a strap.

I used MKS pedals

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with these type of clips

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I use good karrimore trainers with a thick sole

I ride in central London and last week rode over the Pennines.


I hope this helps

Re: CTC AGM 2012 Proxy - A Willing Volunteer

YOU DO NOT NEED TO ASK MY PERMISSION TO MAKE ME YOUR PROXY , PLEASE READ BELOW



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WHAT TO DO


Proxy Voting
Complete the voting form today!

Quick information on proxy voting.

Proxy Forms and full details of how to vote are sent to all members in the April / May issue of Cycle magazine. Proxy forms are personalised and will be declared invalid if they are amended in any way, so if there is a mistake with your Proxy Form, or you make a mistake filling it in and require a replacement, contact the CTC Operations Director, Carol McKinley, at CTC National Office (carol.mckinley@ctc.org.uk, 01483 238 304) for a new form.

Proxy Forms for the 2011 AGM must be received by Electoral Reform Services no later than 12:30pm on Thursday 12th May 2011. A Freepost envelope was enclosed with the Proxy Form in the magazine.

Further details and background to proxy voting are set out below.

Proxy voting - the full story
Members will recall that because of changes to company law, proxy voting – appointing someone else to vote on your behalf at the AGM – was introduced by CTC for the 2008 AGM. Amendments to CTC’s constitution reflecting this were put to the 2009 AGM and agreed.

What does proxy voting mean? That if you are unable to attend the AGM, you can vote on all motions by appointing someone who will be at the meeting to vote on your behalf. If you do not know anyone who will be going to the AGM, it is common to appoint the Chair of the meeting as your proxy. Whoever you appoint, you can either give them discretion to vote as they see fit after listening to the debate at the meeting, or you can instruct them to vote in a particular way or even abstain.

Please follow the instructions on the form carefully to make sure that your vote is valid. The voting papers will be scanned by ERS, so the forms must be completed clearly as stated on the form.

If you have any questions about proxy voting, phone Carol McKinley at National Office.

Recumbent Philip wrote:I am still trying to find out what actual changes are proposed. The magazine shows the new articles, but not the old. I have sent a message to Head Office, but no reply as yet. Is it too much to ask for a complete, clear summary of the proposed changes, in one easily accessible place?

Does this help?



CTC AGM Agenda & Minutes



The Annual General Meeting of the Cyclists’ Touring Club will be held at 1.00pm on Saturday 12 May 2012 at the Hilton Hotel, Victoria Quays, Sheffield S47YE. To obtain admission, members must produce a valid membership card or other proof of current membership.

K. E. Mayne, Chief Executive.

A full copy of the Articles of Association and Determinations in General Meeting, together with the proposed changes, is available on the CTC website or on request from National Office and copies will be available at the meeting. Versions of this agenda in alternative formats are also available on request to CTC National Office.

The Proxy Voting form is circulated with the April/May 2012 issue of Cycle. Procedures for use are on the form and are available on the CTC website.

Agenda

Special resolutions
(require 75% of those voting to be passed)
1Proposed by B Flood on behalf of the Council, seconded by A Spurr

This AGM agrees that the CTC Articles of Association be amended as follows:

(i) Amend Article 1.7 so that it reads: NEW

The objects for which the Club is established (the ‘Objects’) are to:

1.7.1 promote community participation in healthy recreation by promoting the amateur sport of cycling, cycle touring and associated amateur sports;

1.7. 2 preserve and protect the health and safety of the public by encouraging and facilitating cycling and the safety of cyclists;

1.7.3 advance education by whatever means the trustees think fit, including the provision of cycling, training and educational activities related to cycling;

1.7.4 promote the conservation and protection of the environment.’

OLD TO BE DELETED

1.8 To promote cycling, cycle touring, and fellowship between cyclists for the public benefit as a means of furthering the following charitable purposes:-

1.8.1 the advancement of amateur sports which involve physical or mental skill or exertion by:

1.8.1.1 promoting, assisting and protecting the use of bicycles, tricycles and other similar vehicles on the public roads and public rights of way; and

1.8.1.2 promoting and safeguarding the interests of riders of bicycles, tricycles and other similar vehicles (hereinafter referred to as “cyclists”); and

1.8.1.3 encouraging cycling and cycle touring as a means of adventure, recreation, character training and other forms of education, to stimulate by all possible means interest and participation, and in particular the interest and participation of young persons, in cycling, and to promote cycling competitions, rallies, rides and other events;

1.8.2 the promotion of the conservation and protection of the environment by any charitable means including, but not limited to:

1.8.1.1 promoting and increasing appreciation of the countryside and places of public
interest, and

1.8.2.2 establishing and protecting access thereto by cycle and on foot, and

1.8.2.3 preserving and improving amenities, and

1.8.2.4 taking appropriate action to advance this charitable aim in Parliament and in and before Government departments, local and other public authorities, bodies and officers, landowners, developers and others;

1.8.3 the advancement of education by any charitable means including, but not limited to, education in road usage, road safety and in particular the safety of cyclists, and the promotion of any plans, measures, schemes or proposals designed to that end;

1.8.4 the preservation and protection of the health and safety of the public by encouraging and facilitating cycling by any means including, but not limited to, the provision of legal assistance for the riders of bicycles, tricycles and other similar vehicles in the enforcement of their rights to use the public roads and public rights of way;

1.8.5 the promotion of cycling, including cycle touring, as an amateur sport by catering for the needs of cyclists by collecting and furnishing information for the planning and conduct of cycling tours, publishing and supplying books, routes, guides, brochures, accommodation lists, maps, periodicals and newspapers, badges and emblems, by arranging for insurance and any necessary documentation, and to organise and conduct cycle tours both at home and overseas and make all appropriate arrangements for participants therein, and to promote and safeguard the interests of cyclists in all such ways as the conditions of the times may render desirable;

1.8.6 the promotion of community participation in healthy recreation in the interests of social
welfare.

(ii) Delete article 1.8 in its entirety and re-number the following articles accordingly.

(iii) Amend the current article 1.9 ‘the powers’ to preserve powers that were previously part of the Objects and to include additional powers to provide increased flexibility by inserting the following as new articles and re-numbering the current articles accordingly:

1.9.16 to promote cycling competitions, rallies, rides, cycle tours and other events both at home and abroad and to make or facilitate in the making of appropriate arrangements for such participants;

1.9.17 to promote and increase the appreciation of the countryside and places of public interest, to establish and protect access to such places by cycle and on foot and to preserve and improve amenities;

1.9.18 to educate or facilitate the education of the public in road usage, road safety and in particular the safety of cyclists, and the promotion of any plans, measures, schemes or proposals designed to that end;

1.9.20 to provide legal assistance for the riders of bicycles, tricycles and other similar vehicles in the enforcement of their rights to use public roads and public rights of way;

1.9.21 to cater for the needs of cyclists by collecting and furnishing information for the planning and conduct of cycling tours and other events, publishing and supplying books and other forms of media, routes, guides, brochures, accommodation lists, maps, badges and emblems and by arranging for insurance and any necessary documentation;

1.9.22 to produce, print and publish anything in any media;

1.9.23 to provide or procure the provision of services, education, training, consultancy, advice, support, guidance, grants, awards or materials in kind;

1.9.24 to promote and advertise the Club’s activities and to seek to influence public opinion and policy and regulation implemented or proposed to be implemented by government, local authorities or other public bodies by undertaking campaigning and, to the extent permitted by law, political activities;

1.9.25 to co-operate and enter into any arrangements with any governments, authorities or any person, company or association;

OLD TO BE DELETED

1.9 The Club has the following powers, which may be exercised only in promoting the Objects:

1.9.1 To amalgamate wholly or partially with any society or institution which both has objects similar to any of the objects of the Club and also a provision in its Articles of Association prohibiting the distribution of its income and property among its Members to an extent at least as great as that which is imposed by articles 2 and 3 of these Articles, or to transfer the property of the Club to any such society or institution upon such terms of sale or otherwise as may be desirable;

1.9.2 To purchase or by other means to acquire and hold any freehold, copyhold, leasehold, or other property for any estate or interest whatever, and any rights, privileges or easements over or in respect of any property, real or personal, or rights of any kind whatsoever which may be necessary or desirable for the objects of the Club or any of them or expedient as an investment for its funds or may be conveniently used or held with or may enhance the value of any other property of the Club;

1.9.3 To maintain, repair, alter, enlarge, or replace buildings for its own occupation and use and to erect such new premises as may be necessary for the said purposes and to pull down or remove buildings, clear sites and enter into such arrangements with builders, developers, or contractors as may be necessary or desirable for the said purposes;

1.9.4 To improve, manage, cultivate, develop, exchange, let on lease or otherwise mortgage, sell, dispose of, turn to account, grant rights and privileges in respect of, or otherwise deal with all or any part of the property (both real and personal) and rights of the Club as may be necessary or desirable for the purposes of the Club (but only in accordance with the restrictions imposed by the Charities Act);

1.9.5 To borrow or raise money in such manner as the Club shall think fit, and in particular (without in any way prejudicing any other manner of borrowing or raising money) by the issue of bonds, debentures of debenture stock, perpetual or otherwise (with or without preference as to redemption, interest and other matters) and to secure the repayment of any money borrowed, raised or owing by mortgage, charge or lien upon the whole or any part of the Club’s property or assets, whether present or future, and also by a similar mortgage, charge or lien to secure and guarantee the performance by the Club of any obligation or liability it may undertake (but only in accordance with the restrictions imposed by the Charities Act);

1.9.6 To invest the moneys of the Club not immediately required for its purposes in or upon such investments, securities or property as may be thought fit, subject nevertheless to such conditions (if any) and such consents (if any) as may for the time being be imposed or required by law and subject also as hereinafter provided;

1.9.7 To draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, debentures and other negotiable or transferable instruments;

1.9.8 To establish or promote any company or society, association or trust, whether corporate or unincorporated, for the purpose of furthering any of the objects of the Club; and thereafter to assist such company, society, association or trust in such manner as the Club shall think fit;

1.9.9 To collect, receive and hold funds and property by voluntary contributions, subscriptions, gifts or legacies for the objects of the Club or any of them as the donors may direct (but not by means of taxable trading);

1.9.10 To acquire an interest in land by purchase, lease or licence for the purpose of holding rallies or meetings as permitted by legislation or by Local Planning Authorities or for any other Club activities;

1.9.11 To insure the property of the Club against any foreseeable risk and take out other insurance policies to protect the Club when required;

1.9.12 To pay for indemnity insurance for the Council.

1.9.13 Subject to article 2, to employ paid or unpaid agents, staff or advisers.

1.9.14 To enter into contracts to provide services to or on behalf of other bodies.

1.9.15 To establish or acquire subsidiary companies to assist or act as agents for the Club.

1.9.16 To do all such other lawful things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them.

PROVIDED THAT:-
1.9.17 In any case the Club shall take or hold any property which may be subject to any trusts; the Club shall only deal with or invest the same in such manner as allowed by law, having regard to such trusts.

1.9.18 The Club shall not support with its funds any object, or endeavour to impose on or procure to be observed by its Members or others, any regulation, restriction or condition which if any object of the Club would make it a Trade Union.

1.9.19 In case the Club shall take or hold any property subject to the jurisdiction of the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales or Secretary of State for Education and Science, the Club shall not sell, mortgage, charge or lease the same without such authority, approval or consent as may be required by law, and as regards any such property the Council of Management or Governing Body of the Club shall be chargeable for any such property that may come into their hands and shall be answerable and accountable for their own acts, receipts, neglects and defaults, and for the due administration of such property in the same manner and to the same extent as they would as such Council of Management or Governing Body have been if no incorporation had been effected and the incorporation of the Club shall not diminish or impair any control or authority exercisable by the Chancery Division, the Charity Commissioners or the Secretary of State for Education and Science over such Council of Management or Governing Body, but they shall as regards any such property be subject jointly and separately to such control or authority as if the Club were not incorporated.

(iv) The proviso contained at the end of the current article 1.9.16 be deleted as it is redundant as it is not required by the Charity Commission.

Proposers Note: CTC’s 2010 AGM authorised Council to take the steps necessary to register the Club as a charity with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Following a review of the Club’s application for registration, the Commission have recommended simplification of the current objects and separation of objects and powers because the
current structure does not reflect current practice.

An explanation of the advice from the Commission is printed in the April-May 2012 issue of Cycle.

2 Proposed Martin Cockersole, seconded John Catt on behalf of the Council This AGM agrees that the CTC Articles of Association be amended as follows:

(i) The existing article 15.1 be deleted and replaced with the following: A notice, accounts or other documents may be given by the Club to any Member by publication in the Club magazine or personally or by sending it by post to his registered address or (if he has no registered address within the United Kingdom) to the address if any within the United Kingdom or to an electronic mail address supplied by him to the Club for that purpose or in accordance with the provisions for communication by website set out below. Printed copies of all notices accounts or other documents will be available to all members on request from the registered office of the Club.

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15.1 A notice may be given by the Club to any Member by publication in the Club magazine or personally or by sending it by post to his registered address or (if he has no registered address within the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland) to the address if any within the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland supplied by him to the Club for that purpose.

(ii) Article 15.2 be deleted and replaced with the following: Where a notice, accounts or other documents are sent by post or by electronic mail or by publication in the Club magazine, service of the notice, accounts or other documents shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, preparing and posting or emailing them or the document or the edition of the Club magazine in which it has been embodied and to have been effected in the case of a notice of a meeting at the expiration of 48 hours after the same shall have been posted or emailed and in any other case the time at which the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of post or email communication.

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15.2 Where a notice is sent by post or by publication in the Club magazine, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, preparing and posting it or the document or the edition of the Club magazine in which it has been embodied and to have been effected in the case of a notice of a meeting at the expiration of forty eight hours after the same shall have been posted and in any other case the time at which the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.

(iii) A new article be inserted as Article 15.3 and the following articles be re-numbered accordingly:

15.3 Where a member has informed the Club in writing of his consent, or has given deemed consent in accordance with the Companies Act, to receive notices, accounts or other documents from the Club by means of a website, such information will be validly given if the Club sends that member a notification informing him that the documents forming part of the notice, the accounts or other documents, may be viewed on a specified website. The notification must provide the website address, and the place on the website where the information may be accessed and an explanation of how it may be accessed. If the information relates to a general meeting the notification must state that it concerns a notice of a general meeting and give the place, date and time of the meeting. The notice must be available on the website throughout the notice period until the end of the meeting in question.

Proposer’s note: Current articles have not been updated to reflect the preference of many members to receive CTC information by email and to view documents on the web site. Distributing bulk materials to members by mail is costly and not environmentally sound. Members will be asked whether they wish to receive notices by email or read them on line; those who do not wish to do so will still receive a printed copy.

3Proposed Philip Benstead, seconded Eric Gill.

Remove existing paragraph 10.4 of the CTC Memorandum & Articles of Association.

Replace with: ‘A General Meeting shall elect from among the number of those attending a chair who shall preside at the meeting. The meeting Chair may be any CTC member except serving Members of Council. The election of the chair will be by show of hands with the person attracting the largest number of votes being appointed. In the event of a tie the Chair of Council will have a casting vote.’
Proposer’s note: This motion aims to increase transparency and democratic accountability to members by calling the Council to account at the AGM by having an independent chairman.

Council response: Council strongly opposes this motion. The Chair of CTC Council currently chairs the AGM because members reasonably expect that the AGM is chaired by the person best equipped to carry out the business of the meeting, who understands the requirements of the appropriate legislation and is someone they know will take a consistent position on proposals on the agenda. Someone elected at the meeting will not have been involved in preparing the meeting, is not known to proxy voters and may not have the requisite skills or experience to chair a General Meeting of a national membership organisation.

Ordinary business :
4 To adopt as a true record the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held in Portland on 14 May 2011.

5 To adopt the Annual Report of the Council and the audited accounts for the year ended 30 September 2011 as circulated with the April/May issue of the CTC members’ magazine.

6 To appoint Buzzacott LLP as auditors and to authorise the Council to fix their remuneration.


Ordinary resolutions

7Proposed by M Cockersole on behalf of the Council, seconded by J Catt. That, with effect from 1 October 2012 the subscription table to the determination pursuant to current Article 4.4 of the Articles of Association be deleted and replaced by the following: ‘
ORDINARY MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIP TION effective from 1 October 2012: £41.00’
Proposer’s note: Council recommends this

change for 2012/13 as an affordable sum which will adequately support the continued achievement of the organisation’s activities while covering known cost increases. Council is determined that these cost increases should not result in a reduction of our efforts to promote cycling widely or our campaigning work. Council has reached this recommendation after very careful consideration of increasing costs, the competitive ‘market place’, affordability for members and sustaining the objectives of the organisation. It is a difficult balancing act which we hope members will support.

8Proposed Michael McGeever, seconded by T Cook

(i) That CTC discounted membership rates be extended to include those who are Registered Disabled, can demonstrate conditions that create similar limited access to cycling and to the recognised carers of such members.

(ii) That CTC modify its member groups’ grants scheme to encourage access to cycling for those with disabilities, encouraging participating groups to claim grants which contribute to the out of pocket expenses for participation in cycle touring activities by local members affected by (i) above and their supporters.

Proposer’s Note: These proposals support those who cannot ride without supporters such as blind stokers who need tandem pilots. Supporters often incur expenses despite the fact that they are enabling others to enjoy something we take for granted. CTC should support these individuals as much as they would other volunteers or staff.

Council Response: Council welcomes these proposals as a further opportunity for CTC to increase access to cycling and show its commitment to equality of opportunity.

9Proposed Philip Benstead, seconded Eric Gill. The Standing Orders for General Meetings be amended to include the words: ‘Proxy votes where the chair of the meeting and or the Chair of Council has been authorised to use discretion shall be treated as abstentions.

This policy shall be highlighted in the notice of the meeting, the agenda and on proxy voting papers.’

Proposer’s note: The proposers believe that only votes cast by members who have expressed a view by instruction of a proxy who understands the member’s views on motions should be counted. This reduces the possibility of a block of discretionary votes being used to hinder the wishes of voting members.

Council response: Council strongly opposes this motion. Council believes that this proposal may contravene both the spirit and practice of the Companies Act which says all proxies must have all the powers of the member granting the proxy.

However, this issue has not yet been tested in a court of law. The motion discriminates against members who cannot attend the AGM and do not have access to a list of potential attendees to give their proxy. A member may wish to abstain on a motion and is allowed to do so but forcing abstentions by default is not a reasonable way of exercising a duty to the proxy voting member, or to the Club. Given discretion, the Chair has the potential to vote reflecting the debate.

10Proposed Philip Benstead, seconded Eric Gill. The Council shall publish within 2 months of the AGM reports to members on:
Charity Commission Registration of Cyclists’ Touring Club;

the new CTC website project;

payments between Cyclists’ Touring Club and CTC Charitable Trust;

and the replacement of the CTC Accounting system,

by posting it on the members’ part of the CTC website, with a notification to members in Cycle as soon as practicable.

Proposer’s note: This motion aims increase transparency and democratic accountability to members to the running and financing of CTC. We expect such reports to include a critique on lessons learned and the outcomes of each project, the costs of each activity and implications for members.

We believe that some of these activities have been withheld from directors and members and that CTC policies have not been followed.

Council response: Council opposes this proposal as an unnecessary use of the AGM process and because the Council does not accept the accusations made in the proposer’s note. The Council will however publish the information requested as part of normal Council reporting.

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http://news.fitzrovia.org.uk/2012/03/27 ... an-safety/

Look like a good idea, any views?


http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpps97 ... tion_auto#

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpps8a ... ation_auto

Over the weekend, there has been a big effort by Better Archway Forum to put up posters in a lot of shop windows. The 2 blocks on Junction road from Absolute Print to the tube are pretty much saturated. There is a scattering of posters on the other side including MAP, Yildiz, Bean and Bread. In addition many of the local residential streets have been leafleted and leaflets have been delivered to the leafleters who are doing the remaining streets.

If you think that any junctions anywhere in Islington need to be made safe for cyclists then please come on March 1st. This is the junction that all politicians are focused on and we won't be able to get other junctions sorted until the Archway Gyratory is removed. Due to the work of The Times, the cycling bloggers, the Go Dutch campaign and upcoming Mayoral and GLA elections, cycling has become a political issue. ICAG's Chris Ashby made the comment last week that this event at Archway was exactly the kind of thing ICAG should be doing. Chris Ashby, Keith Macfarlane and Anita Frizzarin are all going to be leafleting the Archway tube this week. (I'd like to leaflet the cycle lane that runs through Whittington Park one night this week around 6 to 6.30pm, if someone will do it with me).

You might think there is nothing left for armchair activists to do. Au contraire!

If are a facebook user, if you are coming, please say so on the event page. Whether you are going or not, please go through your fb friends list and go to the event page and invite all your friends that live around north Islington or who cycle from Highgate, Muswell Hill, East Finchley, Fortis Green etc. I found a few people who I had forgotten lived locally until I went through my list. Also fb will let you create a list of 'locals' now for similar occasions! If you haven't got time right now, then simply like our fb page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Islington ... 1069704880.

If you are a twitter user, please tweet the icag webpage and we'll retweet you.
http://www.icag.org.uk/2012/ride-for-a- ... e-archway/

If you don't use fb or twitter, then please just forward the event using email (ideally using the share button) on.
http://www.icag.org.uk/2012/ride-for-a- ... e-archway/

Links to everything related, including the press release are attached to the above page.

thanks
John

CYCLING IN LONDON - A REPORT BY JENNY JONES ASSEMBLY MEMBER GLA - FEBRUARY 2012

http://www.london.gov.uk/profile/jenny-jones/reports

The report is based on conversations with cyclists across London and trips around their local areas. That includes the much neglected areas of outer London which could potentially include some of the nicest places to cycle. Jenny particularly wanted to ensure that their voice gets heard, as the majority of discussion has been focused on the inner London concerns of the cycle hire, cycle superhighways and high profile junctions.

Jenny is continuing to take part in the big discussions on major junctions and cycle safety, but she wanted to go back to basics and look at the current state of cycling throughout London. Unless that is sorted, she feels that progress in much of London will continue to be very slow.